S. Shilo, "Basic Issues in the Law of Agency - a Comparison of Jewish and Israeli law" (Heb.), Diné Israel 9 (1978-1980), 113-126.

A basic difference between Jewish and Israeli law is that the former defines an act done through an agent, even if its legal significance is unknown, as agency. The tendency in Jewish law to endow material acts with legal significance, leads to a broader definition of agency in Jewish law than in Israeli law, or in other legal systems. Another aspect of Jewish agency law which makes it sui generis is the concept of an agent for an omission, which does not exist in other legal systems. (Y.S.K.)